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A picture depicting the 40 days of Lent was posted on social media and a question arose about the significance. I will attempt to make a long story short with an explanation, but some things are difficult to shorten like the celebration leading up...

Sometimes, we lie down at night, filled with an unanswerable longing to be at peace, resolve and or, at the very least, come to some sort of meaningful understanding (acceptance) with our lives. We could go as far as to say we want: forgiveness....

Since God watches over His word to perform it, you should pray according to the word of God. If what you are praying for doesn't line up with God's word, then there is no need to pray for it.If you are praying for a specific thing (and you...

Where are we going in our spiritual lives? How is our journey going? Are we going kicking and screaming or trusting that Jesus will lead the way?In an age of gender bias and political correctness many Christians are offended by the fact that Simon...

It’s an age-old question. What is prayer, and does it really work. There are thousands of pseudo-scientific studies showing the myriad of ways prayer will work if we can somehow coerce ourselves into “believing,” or using the...

There were two dental healers making the rounds a while ago. One is named Reverend Steven Jones and the other has since passed away but his name was Dr. Willard Fuller. Both believed they had the power to heal dental problems with prayer and faith...

Most every person who has ever lived, or is now living, has had some kind of fear they’ve experienced in their lives. Some will never admit they have fear and thus will never be able to face or defeat it. Those who admit their fear have...

With high-profile Christian speakers from the United States and Jerusalem, a sold-out conference on Israel drew 1,700 Bible-believing supporters to Colorado as a couple hundred more watched live streaming coverage beginning Wednesday, the opening...

When Barack Obama gave his speech at the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington on Thursday, February 5, 2015 he unwittingly revealed two primary root causes of religious violence: omission and toleration.In his speech Obama said, "We...

Fresno/Clovis business and community leaders will unite in celebration of the Central Valley at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at Fresno’s Valdez Hall for the 67th Annual Fresno/Clovis Prayer Breakfast with keynote speaker Dr. David...

Paul and Silas were stripped, beaten with rods, and thrown into prison because Paul cast out the spirit of divination from a female slave. Her owners were highly upset with Paul. Why? Because she was making money for them by fortune-telling, so...

Mark 11:22-25 King James Version“22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his...

Praying Like Jesus: The Lord’s Prayer in a Culture of Prosperity by James MulhollandJames Mulholland is alarmed at the success of recent books that he feels are based on a false understanding of prayer and a false gospel of personal gain. ...

Pope Francis concluded the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity on Sunday with remarks as part of his Sunday Angelus message which declared that it was the prayer of Jesus that the Church be united, and that Christ wanted his followers to be a...

Philippians 4:6-7 (NLT)Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace...